GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| refrain | curb |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| violate | break |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |